The TRADE

JUNE 15, 2023

Bloomberg has appointed Colin Williams in an electronic trading and analytics solutions role. Williams joins from BNY Mellon, where he spent the last six years, most recently serving as an equity trader. The post Bloomberg taps BNY Mellon for new electronic trading and analytics solutions hire appeared first on The TRADE.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

Morgan Stanley has appointed Pankaj Dhake as a new electronic sales trader, based in Mumbai. Dhake joins Morgan Stanley from CLSA, where he spent nearly seven years, most recently as an electronic sales trader. Elsewhere in his career, Dhake served as a global equity derivatives trader at UBS.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 30, 2024

Electronic trading platforms captured almost a third (32%) of overall Canadian equity trading volume in 2023, with this share expected to rise in the next three years, a new report by Coalition Greenwich has found. As a result, electronic and/or algorithmic trading has seen usage increase.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Jonathan Tse has been appointed managing director, EMEA head of electronic trading quant analytics, platform and product at UBS, as he moves over from Credit Suisse. The post Credit Suisse electronic trading expert transfers to UBS appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Ashley Watson has joined Panmure Liberum as an electronic equity trader following five years at Mirabaud Group. Most recently, Watson served as an equity trader at Mirabaud, responsible for executing equities and ETFs across both high and low touch. Bernstein, also working as an equity trader.

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2024

Robert Whelan has joined Citadel as equity trader following almost eight years at Pictet Asset Management. Whelan joined Pictet AM as an equity trader back in 2016. Prior to that, he worked at Morgan Stanley, initially joining as an electronic trading associate before going on to a role as equity sales trader.

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The TRADE

JUNE 22, 2023

SIX Swiss Exchange has tapped a former Berenberg senior electronic trader to replace departing head of equity sales for UK and Ireland, Jennfier Hlad, when she departs in the coming months, The TRADE can reveal. Prior to joining Berenberg, she spent two years with Goldman Sachs as an electronic trader in its securities division.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 22, 2024

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is set to expand access to US equity options with connectivity and market data support for the recently launched MIAX Sapphire Options Exchange. TNS will offer users market data and order routing access in an ultra-low-latency trading environment.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 23, 2024

Omar Darwish has joined fintech pioneer GTN as equity sales trader following a three-and-a-half-year stint at Arqaam Capital. His appointment comes as GTN continues its expansion efforts to build a comprehensive electronic trading and investment platform.

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The TRADE

JUNE 20, 2024

Over half (54%) of buy-side respondents say that getting proper coverage from their brokers is one of their biggest pain points in their daily equity trading workflow, a new report from Coalition Greenwich has found. A quarter said they prefer a one-touch/hybrid coverage model, while 26% said it depends on the broker.

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The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2024

BNY Mellon has made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Bianca Gould has been appointed head of fixed income and equities EMEA, based in London. Elsewhere, Kathleen Kinsella has joined BNY Mellon as head of US fixed income sales, based in New York.

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JULY 31, 2023

HSBC Global Asset Management has named Aaron Waters head of European equity trading, following three and a half years as head of equity trading at the bank, The TRADE can reveal. Waters has previously held senior positions at AllianceBernstein (AB), most recently as an equity trader based in Hong Kong.

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The TRADE

JULY 6, 2023

RBC’s co-head of European electronic sales and trading, Bianca Gould, is set to leave the bank after almost three years as part of streamlining measures across the business. The post RBC’s electronic trading co-head Bianca Gould to depart as part of streamlining across the bank appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

APRIL 11, 2024

Euronext has appointed former Credit Suisse sales trader Nathalie Ruiz as head of continental equity sales. Ruiz previously spent nearly 12 years at Credit Suisse, most recently as director, sales trader for Credit Suisse’s suite of algorithmic trading strategies, Advanced Execution Services (AES).

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

JonesTrading has deployed FlexTrade Systems’ FlexOMS as the new sell-side trading platform for its equities and electronic trading businesses. The FlexOMS solution will also serve as the full-service technology platform for JonesTrading’s outsourced trading offering.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 31, 2024

The BlackRock EMEA equity trading team picked up The TRADE’s highly coveted Trading Desk of the Year, Long-Only award at the Leaders in Trading 2023 event in November. And that is exactly what the London-based trading team embodies. Every day is different, and markets are evolving at a phenomenal pace.

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The TRADE

JULY 15, 2024

Dom Lowres has joined Investec as head of electronic trading and execution, following almost 17 years at Liberum. Most recently, he served as head of execution strategy, which followed an eight-year stint as head of trading. Elsewhere in his tenure, Lowres held a pan European trading position.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

RBC has appointed two former Credit Suisse senior algorithmic trading individuals to join its low touch electronic sales and trading team, The TRADE can reveal. Also appointed to the low touch sales and trading team at RBC is Suzanne Webster, who has joined as a multi-asset director, sources have confirmed.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Cantor Fitzgerald’s head of equities for Asia has left the firm to join emerging markets investment bank Arqaam as its new head of equities execution services. Arqaam confirmed that Shalabi will have a specific focus on enhancing the firm’s electronic trading capabilities as well.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

Around-the-clock (24/7) trading is something we already see in the foreign exchange markets and the growing cryptocurrency landscape. Yet with equities, these markets are constrained by market hours which may be specific to a region and/or exchanges themselves. Already in EMEA, we have six valid trading days.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Global asset manager Robeco leverages a low touch and high touch trading team that spans across three continents. And, like most asset managers across the street, its global equity trading desk plays host to a variety of characters, each bringing their own individual string to the wider team’s bow.

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The TRADE

APRIL 10, 2024

BIDS Trading has appointed Brian Hickey senior director of product. Hickey previously served as head of product at LedgerEdge for nearly a year and a half, prior to the trading platform closing down last year. Most recently, he served as head of cross-asset electronic trading, a position he held for just over three years.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

BNY Mellon has announced the launch of a new digital direct-to-custody trading solution for clients’ investment and cash management needs. Named NEXENMarkets, the platform is designed to enable clients to place equity, ETF and US Treasury orders directly from their accounts.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Trading Technologies International (TT) appointed Gavin Miller as its new director of EMEA sales – TT Fixed Income. Redburn Atlantic appointed Lisa Christou as head of sales trading, US equities to international. Redburn Atlantic appointed Lisa Christou as head of sales trading, US equities to international.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Vienna Stock Exchange has included Barclays Bank Ireland as a new trading member on its platform. The new international trading member will participate in trading as of today. These entities currently contribute to more than 85% of the equity turnover in Vienna. Specifically, 47.6% from France (20.7%), and 11.3%

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

RBC Capital Markets has appointed Giles Gleave and Mike Heraty as its newest managing directors, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Heraty is set to take on the role of head of US equity solutions and structured product sales, whilst Gleave has been appointed as head of European equity solutions.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Barclays selected an internal candidate and a new hire from BNP Paribas to become its new co-heads of G10 FX trading. New co-heads Torsten Schöneborn and Jerry Minier will be London-based, reporting to Michael Lublinsky, global head of macro, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. His next role is unconfirmed.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2023

Barclays has selected an internal candidate and a new hire from BNP Paribas to become its new co-heads of G10 FX trading. New co-heads Torsten Schöneborn and Jerry Minier will be London-based and will report to Michael Lublinsky, global head of macro, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MAY 29, 2023

Prior to joining UBS, he spent eight and a half years at Barclays in electronic equities roles, four and a half years at Plato Partnership as a co-founder and co-chairman and six years at Goldman Sachs in an electronic trading role. Previously in his career, he also held analyst roles at Citi and Logica.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How can technology stacks, operational processes and trader skills be adapted to help future proof trading desks? Traders will need to be able to develop skills that will allow us to use these tools to solve for trading challenges. What opportunities do you think DLT can provide to enhance trading and settlement efficiencies?

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MARCH 11, 2024

BNY Mellon made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Bianca Gould was appointed head of fixed income and equities EMEA, based in London. Paul Battams was named head of international equity trading at BlackRock following 23 years with the firm.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager, with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s equities desk.

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MARCH 5, 2024

You don’t want to see it [your trade] popping up on Twitter,” one market structure specialist told Coalition Greenwich. However, Continental Europe saw an increase in high-touch usage by the same margin, with e-trading on the up and 45% of their flow expected to be through algos.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Arline Sueng and Rudy Nakache joined the Amundi FICC trading desk as senior credit trader and rate trader, respectively. Both moved to Amundi on 1 September, The TRADE understands. Ashley Watson joined Panmure Liberum as an electronic equity trader following five years at Mirabaud Group.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Former London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) sales specialist Scott Bradley has taken up a new role at US equites alternative trading system (ATS) OneChronos, The TRADE can reveal. It claims to address “the gap between how trading venues match orders and how traders need to execute.”

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The TRADE

AUGUST 19, 2024

Morgan Stanley appointed Gurpreet Ubhi as head of electronic FX sales for the EMEA region. Ubhi originally joined Citi in 2016 as a vice president in electronic FX sales, later taking on his most recent role as director in the same division in 2019. He announced his departure from Citi on social media two months ago.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Traders’ concerns have migrated away from liquidity access and re-focused on inflation for 2024, JP Morgan’s latest annual e-trading survey has found. They are a huge mover of the markets,” said global head of macro e-trading at JP Morgan, Chi Nzelu. When segmented by asset class, traders’ specific daily challenges diverge.

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